East Cairo Ferry
War Big Nuisance Rope Stretched Across Road to Halt Tourists
That the Ferry War at East Cairo is becoming not only a public nuisance,
but a detriment to the interests of the community is evidenced by two
instances that have been brought to the attention of The Evening Citizen.
A well known citizen of Cairo was driving up from Memphis and intended
to cross at East Cairo when he approached a rope stretched across the
highway. He of couse stopped, and was approached by a man and told that was
a private road, and was asked to buy a ticket for one of the ferries. He
advised the parties that he already had a ticket, so he was allowed to
proceed.
News Spreads to Memphis
That the news of the trouble is being used to the detriment of the East
Cairo crossing is shown by the following from the Memphis Press Scimiter of
Saturday.
A ferry was at Wickliffe, Ky., which resulted in the
shooting of a ferry worker a week ago, brought George Muscovalley of Mound
City, Ill., to Memphis Saturday.
"Two ferry companies are at war with
each other in Wickliffe for passengers over to Cairo. Recently they have
moved up to the square where they nab motorists as they come thru and
solicit them before they reach the ferries," he told Chamber of Commerce
officials in Memphis.
"My landing at Holloway, Ky., leads over to
Mound City, Ill., and the ferry service is equally as good as that at
Wickliffe, for cars en route to St. Louis and Chicago. But these ferry
companies at Wickliffe are telling motorists that the rates at Holloway are
exorbitant, the roads bad, and so forth. As a matter of fact, my rates are
lower," he said.
He sought the consent of the road information bureau
at the Chamber of Commerce, Newsum's and the De Soto Garage to quote his
prices to prospective visitors to the North.
Contributed Aug 2019, by Deborah McGee Cox, as a part of the McGee Collection.
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